“Das Magazin” of the Tamedia media first reported on the accusation on Saturday. The facts also emerge from the indictment, which is available to the Keystone-SDA news agency.
The case was made public in 2018 by an international research team with the participation of Tamedia. A Bernese surgeon is said to have scientifically accompanied the development of an allegedly immature intervertebral disc implant and implanted the implant himself in seven patients.
In February 2019, the Bern public prosecutor’s office opened an investigation. Now the case comes before the court. It is the presumption of innocence.
In the “Magazine”, the surgeon’s lawyer rejected the allegations. Your client behaved in connection with the case “both legally and professionally correct”. (SDA)